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THE WEEKLY LEDGER’: GAFFNEY, 8. C., NOVEMBER 14, 1895. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. PUBLISHKl> KVLKY KP(DAV BY The Limestone Printing and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. rm: l.KDr.i:n is not pon able for the views of correspondent.-!. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, but for identifieation. Write short letters and to the point bo insure publication: also endeavor to get them to the oflice I y Tuesday. \11 correspondence should he ad- Iressed to Kd. If. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published atone cent a word. Cards of thanks will he published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at live cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. THURSDAY, XOYKMRER 14. 1895. FREE OF CHARGE. Weoifer absolutely free of charge a full course in Hudson's Business University, of Charlotte, X. C., to the man or woman, boy or girl, who will send us the largest number of paid in advance subscribers by De cember 25th, 1895. Thm is no catch penny device, but an absolute bona- fide offer. If we receive hut one sub scriber between now and that time we will give the tuition to the person sending it. In order that there may he an in centive for you to work for us we will offer a commission of in percent, on ail subscriptions sent in so that even if you do not get the business course you will he paid for your wo”k, hut the person who receives the business course will gel no commission. Now is the time to get to work. The course embraces hook keeping, hank ing, penmanship, commercial law. English, civil government, business forms, spelling, eorrespoi deuce, arithmetic, etc. WHAT I SEE. Ori all sides we hear that the farmer is happy. A good corn crop made and harvested; fat hogs in the pen ready for the knife when the first cold spell comes, and eight to nine cents for cotton which, in April last, they would have bargained at six. This is well, and we are glad for it all. Hut this is not all. Deserted homes tell a different story; untilled fields point to a seal city of labor; gullied hillsides tell us that some one has failed in his duty, and left a le gacy'of want to future generations. Someone must come in after a while and mend the breaches made by us and our fathers. Broad River is a beautiful stream; it flows through a beautiful country so far as scenery is concerned, but what desolation lias been wrought by its maddened waters as, unchecked by n.an it washes away the richest soil—the accumulation of years—and deposits instead, sand as sterile as the barren rock, rich grain shouldJinH Adding its graceful ;t U( [ e to every breeze and every welcome shower are almost desert places with oases scattered here and there. Xot a field have we seen as rich us when the plough first turned its virgin soil. Pacolet and Thick 3ty, like a span of horses, run nearly parallel courses, and at last empty their wealth of waters into the lap of Broad. Through their once fertile valleys are wildernesses of brush and ramble and brier. The frog now croaks riink - est luxuriance. A well till^ hinn along these lowlands is rather tliTf ception than the rule. ‘For all of this some one is to Maine. Notwithstanding the fact that our lands have been injudiciously culti vated; that in many places there are deep gullies; that field after field lias been turned out to gather a little strength, there is a great deal for us to congratulate ourselves at possess ing. An invigorating, healthy cli mate; a fertile soil of almost limit less improvement • minerals of great est variety and abundant in supply; a well watered and richly wooded ter ritory'. These are advantages that are highly to be prized, and which It is incumbent upon us to improve by properly using. Roads must bo im proved, that communication from point to point may be easy and rapid. Water that now runs to waste, and is In the way, must be controlled, uti- Ized and made to minister to man’s fort and his advancement. La- as left the farm for the factory, e tendency is still the sumo Laborers are i ceded if our to he Improved, olir lilihcs nd our growing population Are we reaching out after THE SUFFRAGE. The s. iTrago question lias been en grossing the attention of the conven tion for nearly' two weeks. It was the unanimous rocommen- dation of the committee that each political party, (taking it for granted tin:, here will always bo two) shall > vpr. s. nted on the Board of Mana gers of Elections. Although Senator Tillman urged its acceptance with all of his accustomed force, the rec ommendation failed when put to a vote. This we regard as very un fortunate. The minority ought to be represented on the Board, if a capa ble man can be found for the posi tion. It would perhaps have been better to change the wording from shall, as in some sections there ij practically but one party. A consti tution is being prepared which will likely in* in operation when the most of those now living will be resting in their graves. We need then to con sider the future as well as the pres ent. Besides, the majority of today may lie the minority of tomorrow. It is useless to say that the ma jority can conduct tiie elections free fro u fraud; that it does not need to to be watched. Let facts speak for themselves. The temptation is strong for those in power to use questionable methods to keep them selves in power when the balances are nearly even. What harm can he done for the minority to lx* repre sented if tin* plan is to he executed free from fraud? We admire the manly stand of the committee, lie- cause it is right and proper. It is well to pay some attention to t lie erit ieisms of those who are re moved from the glare that may Mind our eyes on account of our nearness to the light. If we know we are right, then let us go ahead with might and main. If we are not sure, prudence is preferable to pre cipitation. THE HORSELE^ rARRIAGE. Following the bicycle, we have the horseless carriage. It might have been expected. The young, the ac tive may t ravel alone, making use of their muscular energy as a motive power, but the rest of the world is not willing to sit idly by and be spectators only, of this pleasant out- door exercise The “wish is father to the thought.’’ Thought ripens into BctivMj that plans ami perfects ways for us all to take a ride. i he horseless carriage has come to : tny. For a time it may bo a luxury confined to a favored few. But this cannot last. Trices will tumble and the poor us well as the rich share the luxury. \\ e do not object to the innovation in the way of travel. It means prog ress. It means more out-door exer cise. It means a breath of country air to contracted chests,'a return of vigor to stiffened limbs. It^afefSo means better roads ! ^**l’l)e''road must be prepa rq^fow^Tiic carriage. Osceola and Forrest. Many years before thocivil war, when Forrest was filling an engagement in Charleston, playing nightly to largo and cnlliEsiastic andioncos, I was r. mere lad and wr.s wild with delight when the night eamo that I could go to hear him. In the nndienoQ was the Indian chieftain Osceola and half a dozen of his braves, who were then captives. They had been pining in confinement, and prompted by the humane motive of affording them some diversion the au thorities took them to bear Forrest play. His grand looks and majestic figure caught the copper hued auditors at once, and thoy appeared entranced from the very outset. Forrest soon observed the strange group and immediately formed a design to interest them particularly, for suddenly, in tho midst of a stirring scone, hoc mil tod an Indian war whoop. It fairly electr ified his audience, and the effect err Osceola and his party was magical. Jumping to their feet instan taneously, they gave back an answering whoop that rent the air with its mighty roar and fairly chilled tho blood of many a nervous hearer. Two or three ladies fainted. The whole thing was so sudden, so strui go and startling that it made a vivid and lasting impression orr every soul in that assemblage. Forrest was frequently heard to recall tho episode, and lie was wont to declare that tho action of those untutored warriors was the greatest cornplrment ever paid to bis powers as an actor.—Washington Tost. *n How’s This. We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY it CO., Trops., To ledo, O. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West it Truax, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo,O. Walding, Kinnan it Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, 0. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acUiq^directl^ujMm mucous surfaces of the system. Trice 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free HIh Fee. B. F. Hamilton of Biddeford, Me., never talks much about his defense of an individual who was arrested and ar raigned for breaking into a jewelry store and stealing a lot of watches. Tho court assigned the shrewd and energetic Bid deford attorney to defend the prisoner. “Ididn’t do it,” tho prisoner told tho lawyer. “I wouldn’t do such a thing as that on my life. Really, Mr. Hamilton, I didn t do it. You can tako my word as you hear mo tell you, but I suppose they’ll railroad me.” Tho trial was held beforo Judge Vir gin. The prisoner was acquitted, and when iis met his lawyer in tho after noon said to him: What is the amount of your bill?” Well, about $100,” replied the law yer. “Would you tako $25'r” asked the free man. “Well, that’s better than nothing,” said tho lawyer, and he said, “Twenty- five it is.” They stepped outside, and tho dis charged man said to tho lawyer, “Say, if you’ll wait until I get to Boston so I can sell those watches I’ll send you tho $25.” A week later Mr. Hamilton received his $25.——Bangor Commercial. Toole’s Wasted Melody. It was at St. Anues. Mr. Sims Reeves, tho famous singer, was staying there, and Mr. Toole, the comedian, called to sec him. Sims Reeves had gone out for a walk, and Toole strolled out to try to find him. “Under a shady tree comfort ably seated with a newspaper,” says Mr. Toole, “I saw my friend. He did not see me. I went quietly behind him and gave him a snatch of ‘My Pretty Jane. ’ No response. So I thought I would rouse him up, and I began with an imitation of his forto style, ‘ ’T' r " ,Rs In Trafalgar Bay. ’ I had not-o finished when ho turned rp***ud, with much amusement, apdu—it was not Sims ReovesJ.”- London Globe. The Discovery Saved Hio Life. Mr. (i. Gaillouette, Druggist, Beuversville, 111., says; “To Dr. King’s New discovery I owe my lib Was taken with La Grippe and tri all tho physicians for miles abo^p but of no avail and was given i ypnnd told I could not live. Haviuf, |> r King’s Now Discovery in nnlr s 7 or e I sent for a bottle and bcgaMj its uso and from the first dose bq# lin ( 0 get better, and after using j/lree bottles was up and about again its weight in gold, store or house witlu^p free trial bottles a, Drug Store. A Wedding Spoiled. The New England character is still exlirui.-lin i( ; interesting phases,” tf'm.ala d a woman who has been sum- mering m tho Green mountain region, “hi iho bill- village where I have been *i)g l;\ei a man who has bc< n mar ried threw times, hi,; last wife being still spared to him. Recently occurred tho fiftieth anniversary of his first mar riage, and < he old fellow tbrought it would be a good idea to celebrate ou that day a golden wedding. Naturally No. ti objected sto nuously, and attempt ed to show him tho absurdity of tho no tion, but ‘giving up’ is not a common trait among New England men, and her voice was not suflicient to dissuade him. Friends were appealed to, and also his d ublo family of grown sons and daugh ters. It took tho united and frightened effuiu of practically tho whole commu nity beforo the stubborn patriarch could bo persuaded to abandon his cherished ambition. New York Times. Scotty ami tho New Lassie. Tho new woman is not exclusively of American growth. In fact, “she” of the short skirts and the leggings, don’t you know, is very English, you know. Scotland accepts new ideas very slowly. A few weeks ago a gay London lady at tracted a great deal of attention on a Scotch moor by appearing in tho garb tint is usually worn by her brothers. She was spectacular, but as a shot she was a dead failure. An old Scotch game keeper, who was with tho party, said of her performance: “Sho apit tho gen tlemen a’ that .she cud. Sho wore tho same claes, sho smoked, drank a nip of whasky. Aye, an aueo gied a bit swear laich in. Lit as for shutin, sho cudna hit a barn door at ten yairds, an she never ance said ‘Thank ye’ tae maseL If ony mair o’ her kind come about I’ll throw up my job.”—Exchange. Had Conscientious Scruples. A correspondent has made the ac- quaintuuce f a pious tramp. Last Sun day morning, just beforo breakfast, ho appeared at tho side door, and, seeing madam at a window, inquired if ho could bo accommodated with a break fast. Tho mistress of the house, in ac cordance with an invariable custom, said: “Will you work?” “No, ma’am,” was tho reply, “it is Sunday. I can’t work ou tho Sabbath day.” And ho turned away, to seek some more orthodox household.—Bos ton Transcript. The wife of Mr. Leonard Wells, of Last Brimflehl, Mass., had hern uf- 'ering from neuralgia for tv. > dev-, not being able to sleep r r 1, d!v •< p st ill, when M r. i.I .Me :, t J, merchant there s nt her .; >f Chamberlain's Tain Balm a l\ed t hat she give it ;• t ie Dial. On meeting Mr.< Weil next buy he was told tl./; she *1 right, the pain had left her t wo hours, and t hut l he h Tain Balm was worth $5 if not he had for les Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report A Bourbon In Italy’a Army. Tho following, relating to a Naples Bourbon in the Italian army, is from a Naples correspondent: “Signor Luigi di Burbone, a pupil of the Modena Mili tary academy, has been made lieuten ant in the Regiment Umberto I at Bo logna. He is tho grandson of Don Luigi, Count of Aquila, brother to Ferdinand II. The Count of Aquila, who was a Liberal, man ied a Princess of Bragauza at Rio Janeiro, and a sen was born to them at Naples, who afterward married Miss Maria Amelia Hamel at New York in JS(i!(. Among their children was the present lieutenant.” Dyspepsia Twenty-Five Years. 51 r. A. Y Shoots. Kin;; too, (hi ■;\ s, May Jll st. I■'vi-): ' I -.til Dy - pep-ia for t Wet it, y i; I Vt • yvars. 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HUDSON, Principal. u> (?) /s mi i lie <1 citizens residiug in • r- nion and York co >ot'n * if thastate of .'■hiutli »V.nli'.a v. ll, at I Ii4r ensiling session m' tin- ! • ■ . ml mbly of South Carolina, apply to syjfdG. tierul Assembly of South Car- a to cutoff and incorporate a new count v in this State out of pari s of said Spartanburg, Union an i York counties, the county seat t’n ! t » bo at Gaffney city. South (kuuliiiu, and the propo.-ed h .undarh .- > f said county to he as follow.-: Beginning at t he for ^ of Be . . Pacolet rivers in Union c i.c l. and running up Pacolet river to <■;* i. ar a point on said river, formerly know as Brown's Mill, about one and one hall miles above Pacolet >ii!N ■■ n ■ act river; thence in a uofih\u- ! rD, o;- rcclion and east of the town of t'ow- pens, about one mile, a straight line to the North Carolina line at or m ar State Line postotlice; thence with t he .Xort h Carolina st at e I ine ea-t to Broad river, at or mar Surratt - ferry, as formerly know; tlienee with haul North Carolina lire to railroad formerly called the UC's . tin ace in a southeasterly din ct i>n to the mo’li of Kings creek in York eon til \ ; t hen n down Bfoad river to the he-iani* . the fork of Broad and 1 acoh t rivers, including the following townships: Draytonville and Gowdisville m Union county, the greater putt of White Plains township, nearly all 1 : Limestone township and a mail i u ! V ~r 4 Cl ■ ! 4 'TH E and Best •i? M ■><*'',;!'(! C: ,i f C' “Yu.- ^ - — T9S*j r MMr' Watches NlUl Jewelry can he Been by visiting our place of buBiiicss In DnPre’s Drng Store. Wo will be glad to have you cull. All work done by a skilled workman with years of experience. C0R8ELL & BRO. of Cherokee township in : puriunburg county and t he west t rn part of Chero kee township in Y ork county, includ ing tho town of Blacksburg in Y'o: k county, making the middle o! caul rivers the line where they touch • bd new county; hut failing in tin* al o-.■ described proposed county line, then we hereby give notice and apply lor said county to he incorporated out of all the territory above described, ex cept that part lying in York county, thus making the middle of Broad river the eastern line of said pro posed county. li. S. Eiukuomh, Gaffney, S. C. F. D.wkni’okt, Gaffney. S. C. W. 0. S. Wood, Grassy Pond, S. < . R. M. Jou.Y, Grassy Pond, S. < h R. P. Kriu'uus, Ezells, S. C. J. 'I'. McCkaw, State lane, S. C. A. 11.Minis, Algood, S. « h .1 D, .Iukki ttii s Sr \sluiry, S.C. C. A. .1 Ki l l:ail-. M. D . Home, S.(h .1. T. Mookiik.\i>. Gowdcysville.S.C, .1. A. Hamks. (iowdeysvillc, S. ( A. F. KLNintii K. Sunny Side. S. C. (1, \\ . W iiisonan r. Wilkins vil U S.C ,). L. Stuain, Etta .lane, S. C. \j. 1). BonnKit, Goucher, S. C. August 8th, 1895. That arc made. And v/e sell them at prices to suit the time*. V/c invite your inspection when in need ot anything in onr line. T A DDuw^rijp °- iT,Ti,!? I'li’diug I .ot s i; it a rujiiuvci i his Flourishing Town, Y > Offer for Sal O A I’’ Also Farms near by and in ivuch of the schools of I.imestone Spring and of this place in lots of from fit) to ltd) acres on liberal time rales. Also Agrieultural l.ands to rent for farm purposes. For full particulars apply to MOSES WOOD, Agent. X. B.—All trespa-dng on lands of tIds Company cutting and removing imber, fishing or hunt ing are forbidden under penulty of law. - ■ .Tl. I ' ' ' '' J ' " —— ->-F* Oiii'i'oll &: Htiixrjr, Transact a Gonera! Banking Business I allowod on Time Deposits by AJL Arrangement. Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. Vour 1**1.tI'on.ij^o Solicited*